Random House New Releases - Art - Subjects & Themeshttp://www.randomhouse.com/category/www.randomhouse.com2006-03-13T11:23:00-05:00Social Animals by Lucy Berkleywww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781632170408"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781632170408" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781632170408">Social Animals</a> A Berkley Bestiary<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=305314">Lucy Berkley</a><br> <b>Illustrated by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=305313">Ryan Berkley</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 72 pages | Sasquatch Books | Humor - Topic - Animals; Art - Subjects & Themes - Portraits; Humor | <b>$18.95</b> | 978-1-63217-040-8 (1-63217-040-X)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97816321704082015-10-06T00:30:00-05:00Social Animals (EBK) by Lucy Berkleywww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781632170415"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781632170415" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781632170415">Social Animals (EBK)</a> A Berkley Bestiary<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=305314">Lucy Berkley</a><br> <b>Illustrated by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=305313">Ryan Berkley</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 72 pages | Sasquatch Books | Humor - Topic - Animals; Art - Subjects & Themes - Portraits; Humor | <b>$18.95</b> | 978-1-63217-041-5 (1-63217-041-8)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97816321704152015-10-06T00:30:00-05:00The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting by Suzanne Brookerwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780804137560"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780804137560" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780804137560">The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting</a> Techniques for Rendering Sky, Terrain, Trees, and Water<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=101310">Suzanne Brooker</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 208 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Oil Painting; Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes; Nature - Ecosystems & Habitats - General | <b>$18.99</b> | 978-0-8041-3756-0 (0-8041-3756-0)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97808041375602015-08-18T00:30:00-05:00The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting by Suzanne Brookerwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780804137553"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780804137553" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780804137553">The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting</a> Techniques for Rendering Sky, Terrain, Trees, and Water<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=101310">Suzanne Brooker</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 208 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Oil Painting; Art - Subjects & Themes - Landscapes; Nature - Ecosystems & Habitats - General | <b>$35.00</b> | 978-0-8041-3755-3 (0-8041-3755-2)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97808041375532015-08-18T00:30:00-05:00Classic Human Anatomy in Motion by Valerie L. Winslowwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434151"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780770434151" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434151">Classic Human Anatomy in Motion</a> The Artist's Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=99969">Valerie L. Winslow</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 304 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Techniques - Life Drawing; Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure; Medical - Anatomy | <b>$18.99</b> | 978-0-7704-3415-1 (0-7704-3415-0)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97807704341512015-08-04T00:30:00-05:00Classic Human Anatomy in Motion by Valerie L. Winslowwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434144"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780770434144" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434144">Classic Human Anatomy in Motion</a> The Artist's Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=99969">Valerie L. Winslow</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 304 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Techniques - Life Drawing; Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure; Medical - Anatomy | <b>$40.00</b> | 978-0-7704-3414-4 (0-7704-3414-2)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97807704341442015-08-04T00:30:00-05:00Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators by David H. Rosswww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385346245"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385346245" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385346245">Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators</a> Mastering the Art of Drawing from Memory<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=223213">David H. Ross</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 208 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Drawing; Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure; Art - Techniques | <b>$16.99</b> | 978-0-385-34624-5 (0-385-34624-7)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97803853462452015-07-28T00:30:00-05:00Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators by David H. Rosswww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385346238"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385346238" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385346238">Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators</a> Mastering the Art of Drawing from Memory<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=223213">David H. Ross</a></h3><b>Trade Paperback</b>, 208 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Drawing; Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure; Art - Techniques | <b>$22.99</b> | 978-0-385-34623-8 (0-385-34623-9)<p></p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97803853462382015-07-28T00:30:00-05:00Mouse Muse by Lorna Owenwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933940"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781580933940" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933940">Mouse Muse</a> The Mouse in Art<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=220340">Lorna Owen</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 168 pages | The Monacelli Press | Art - History; Art - Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals; Nature - Animals | <b>$35.00</b> | 978-1-58093-394-0 (1-58093-394-7)<p>A beautifully designed introduction to art history by way of artworks that feature the mouse&mdash;from the ancient world to drawings by Picasso, Disney, and Art Spiegelman.<br> &#160;<br> Across centuries and civilizations, artists have used the mouse&mdash;the planet&rsquo;s most common mammal after us&mdash;to illustrate our myths and beliefs. Mice have appeared as Japanese symbols of good luck or medieval emblems of evil, in Arab fables, Russian political satire and Nazi propaganda, as scientific tools and to help us challenge the way we see nature. <br> &#160;<br> With more than 80 rarely reproduced works&mdash;including paintings by Hieronymus Bosch and Gustav Klimt, a silkscreen by Andy Warhol, a print by Hokusai, a photograph by Andr&eacute; Kert&eacute;sz, a sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, a video installation by Bruce Nauman, a performance by Joseph Beuys, and many more&mdash;Lorna Owen has created an engaging presentation of an extraordinary range. The pieces, which represent every period of visual art, are accompanied by Owen&rsquo;s intriguing text about the story behind each work. She has combined her passion for art and her empathy for the unsung archetype of the animal kingdom to explain not only how or why the artist came to use the mouse as a subject, but how the art, in the end, reveals more about us than it could ever reveal about this humble creature.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97815809339402014-11-18T00:30:00-05:00A Painter's Progress by David Dawsonwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385354080"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385354080" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385354080">A Painter's Progress</a> A Portrait of Lucian Freud<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=73833">David Dawson</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 276 pages | Knopf | Art - Individual Artist; Art - Oil Painting; Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure | <b>$65.00</b> | 978-0-385-35408-0 (0-385-35408-8)<p>For nearly twenty years David Dawson was Lucian Freud&rsquo;s assistant, companion, and model. Freud moved in rarefied, powerful circles and was tenacious about protecting his privacy. He also carefully avoided distraction. With few exceptions, he wanted only those he knew well, like the late Bruce Bernard, to photograph him. David Dawson, however, was in a unique position, and as Freud became comfortable in the presence of Dawson&rsquo;s camera, photographing became part of the daily ritual of the studio. These photographs reveal in a most intimate way the subjects and the stages of paintings in progress. Few artists, if any, have had their lives and their work recorded over such a length of time.<br> <br>Despite Freud&rsquo;s sense of privacy, his circle was wide. Among those who regularly visited Freud were figures from the art world, including art historian John Richardson, and painters David Hockney, and Frank Auerbach, along with model Kate Moss and friends such as the Duke of Beaufort. The book begins in Freud&rsquo;s old studio in Holland Park and then records the artist in his eighteenth-century house in Kensington, the first floor of which was his final studio. Dawson also photographed Freud on his visits to look at masterpieces in various museums in New York, Amsterdam and Madrid. The book ends with views of the rooms in which Freud&rsquo;s own extraordinary collection of paintings was hung. It is the only record of the house itself before the dispersal of the art on his death, but ultimately, the photographs create an intimate portrait of the man. The final images in this book are of the hanging of Freud&rsquo;s work in his posthumous London exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. 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With lessons on old favorites like T-rex and stegosaurus, as well as lesser-known (but still awesome) creatures like the massive argentinosaurus, <i>Draw-a-Saurus</i> has everything the dinosaur fan could ever ask for (outside of their very own pet dino!).</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97803853458042014-09-09T00:30:00-05:00Draw-A-Saurus by James Silvaniwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385345811"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385345811" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385345811">Draw-A-Saurus</a> Everything You Need to Know to Draw Your Favorite Dinosaurs<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=170979">James Silvani</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 160 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Drawing; Art - Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals; Art - Study & Teaching | <b>$12.99</b> | 978-0-385-34581-1 (0-385-34581-X)<p><b><b>This in-depth yet accessible dinosaur drawing guide combines humor, creativity, and the latest dino research to show artists young and old how to breathe life into drawings of their prehistoric favorites.</b>&#160;<br></b><br><b>Prehistoric Pencil Power!</b><br> Even though they lived some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles continue to rule today. 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Gerhardwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933971"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781580933971" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933971">The Dinner Party</a> Restoring Women to History<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=181893">Judy Chicago</a><br> <b>Contribution by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=187996">Jane F. Gerhard</a><br> <b>Foreword by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=187967">Arnold L. Lehman</a></h3><b>eBook</b>0 | The Monacelli Press | Art - Individual Artist; Art - Subjects & Themes - Erotica; Art - History - American | <b>$24.95</b> | 978-1-58093-397-1 (1-58093-397-1)<p>The official publication celebrating Judy Chicago&rsquo;s feminist art masterpiece,&#160;<i>The Dinner Party</i>&#160;installation at the Brooklyn Museum, and an introduction to outstanding women in history.<br>&#160;<br>Judy Chicago&rsquo;s&#160;<i>The Dinner Party&#160;</i>is a defining work of feminist and contemporary art that brought women&rsquo;s history to light on the national stage when it was completed in 1979. Published to coincide with Chicago&rsquo;s 75th birthday and a nationwide series of events and exhibitions, the book<i>&#160;</i>features newly commissioned photography and two new essays by Chicago, along with essays by art historian Frances Borzello and historian Jane Gerhard, and a foreword from museum director Arnold Lehman.<br>&#160;<br><i>The Dinner Party</i>, a monumental triangular table, and the&#160;<i>Heritage Floor</i>&#160;on which the table rests, represents 1,038 women in history&mdash;39 by unique large ceramic plates and runners with another 999 names inscribed on the floor&rsquo;s ceramic tiles. It has been seen by more than a million visitors during its international exhibition tour, and has been a principal destination at the Brooklyn Museum since its permanent housing in 2007. A perfect companion to a revolutionary artwork, the book<i>&#160;</i>is a must-have for both long-standing fans of Judy Chicago&rsquo;s oeuvre and young artists and women looking for reflections of themselves in the history of Western Civilization.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97815809339712014-07-08T00:30:00-05:00Delirious New York by Rem Koolhaaswww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580934107"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781580934107" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580934107">Delirious New York</a> A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=155082">Rem Koolhaas</a></h3><b>eBook</b>0 | The Monacelli Press | Architecture - Criticism; Art - Subjects & Themes | <b>$19.95</b> | 978-1-58093-410-7 (1-58093-410-2)<p>Since its original publication in 1978,&#160;<i>Delirious New York</i>&#160;has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made Manhattan a laboratory for the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle -- "the culture of congestion" -- and its architecture.<br><br>"Manhattan," he writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta Stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Koolhaas interprets and reinterprets the dynamic relationship between architecture and culture in a number of telling episodes of New York's history, including the imposition of the Manhattan grid, the creation of Coney Island, and the development of the skyscraper.&#160;<i>Delirious New York</i>&#160;is also packed with intriguing and fun facts and illustrated with witty watercolors and quirky archival drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps. The spirit of this visionary investigation of Manhattan equals the energy of the city itself.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97815809341072014-07-01T00:30:00-05:00The Astonishing Works of John Altoon by Walter Hoppswww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933865"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781580933865" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933865">The Astonishing Works of John Altoon</a> <br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=184867">Tim Nye</a><br> <b>Contribution by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=2072475">Robert Creeley</a>, <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=184869">Walter Hopps</a> and <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=2072826">Dr. Milton Wexler</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 232 pages | The Monacelli Press | Art - Individual Artist; Art - Subjects & Themes - Erotica; Art - History - American | <b>$75.00</b> | 978-1-58093-386-5 (1-58093-386-6)<p>A beautifully produced monograph devoted to the paintings and drawings of John Altoon, a central figure in the Los Angeles art scene of the 1950s and 1960s. <br> &#160;<br> Haunting and erotic, Altoon&rsquo;s colorful paintings and intimate drawings capture a magical moment in postwar California, between the Beat Generation and the sexual and psychedelic revolution of the late sixties. His larger-than-life personality and enthusiasm energized the circle of artists associated with the Ferus Gallery, a nexus of L.A. avant-gardism that included such still influential figures as Ed Keinholtz, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses, Larry Bell, and Ed Ruscha. A boisterous, hard-living man, in love with the ladies, Altoon was plagued by bouts of depression alternating with episodes of mania that sometimes turned destructive. He died young, at the age of 43, from a massive heart attack, and his funeral is said to have included the largest number of Los Angeles artists ever to gather in one spot.<br> &#160;<br> This unique, oversized presentation includes reproduced sketchbooks; moving personal essays by major figures including poet Robert Creeley and pioneering West Coast curator Walter Hopps; photographs of Altoon in his Venice studio; a booklet of letters to Altoon; and over 50 works of art.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97815809338652014-05-20T00:30:00-05:00The Dinner Party by Jane F. Gerhardwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933896"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781580933896" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781580933896">The Dinner Party</a> Restoring Women to History<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=181893">Judy Chicago</a><br> <b>Contribution by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=187996">Jane F. Gerhard</a><br> <b>Foreword by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=187967">Arnold L. Lehman</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 288 pages | The Monacelli Press | Art - Individual Artist; Art - Subjects & Themes - Erotica; Art - History - American | <b>$45.00</b> | 978-1-58093-389-6 (1-58093-389-0)<p>The official publication celebrating Judy Chicago&rsquo;s feminist art masterpiece, <i>The Dinner Party</i> installation at the Brooklyn Museum, and an introduction to outstanding women in history.<br> &#160;<br>Judy Chicago&rsquo;s <i>The Dinner Party </i>is a defining work of feminist and contemporary art that brought women&rsquo;s history to light on the national stage when it was completed in 1979. Published to coincide with Chicago&rsquo;s 75th birthday and a nationwide series of events and exhibitions, the book<i> </i>features newly commissioned photography and two new essays by Chicago, along with essays by art historian Frances Borzello and historian Jane Gerhard, and a foreword from museum director Arnold Lehman.<br> &#160;<br> <i>The Dinner Party</i>, a monumental triangular table, and the <i>Heritage Floor</i> on which the table rests, represents 1,038 women in history&mdash;39 by unique large ceramic plates and runners with another 999 names inscribed on the floor&rsquo;s ceramic tiles. It has been seen by more than a million visitors during its international exhibition tour, and has been a principal destination at the Brooklyn Museum since its permanent housing in 2007. A perfect companion to a revolutionary artwork, the book<i> </i>is a must-have for both long-standing fans of Judy Chicago&rsquo;s oeuvre and young artists and women looking for reflections of themselves in the history of Western Civilization.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97815809338962014-04-15T00:30:00-05:00Correspondences by Bernice Eisensteinwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307962492"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307962492" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307962492">Correspondences</a> A poem and portraits<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=20512">Anne Michaels</a><br> <b>Illustrated by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=68685">Bernice Eisenstein</a></h3><b>Hardcover</b>, 128 pages | Knopf | Poetry - Canadian; Poetry - Women Authors; Art - Subjects & Themes - Portraits | <b>$35.00</b> | 978-0-307-96249-2 (0-307-96249-0)<p><b>A rare and beautifully produced "accordion" book by renowned novelist and poet Anne Michaels and acclaimed artist and writer Bernice Eisenstein that will cause a stir for both its form and its content.</b><br><br>Anne Michaels's resonant book-length poem--which unfolds on one side of the pages of this accordion book--ranges from the universal to the intimate, as she writes of historical figures for whom language was the closest thing to salvation; on the other side, we have Bernice Eisenstein's luminous portraits of and quotes from such twentieth-century writers and thinkers as Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs, W. G. Sebald, Anna Akhmatova, Primo Levi, and Albert Einstein. The poetry and portraits join together in a dialogue that can be read in any direction and any order, in a format that perfectly reflects the thematic interconnectedness of this collaboration: "an alphabet of spirits and spirit; an elegy of remembrance" (Eisenstein); "just as a conversation becomes the third side of the page . . . the moment one life becomes another" (Michaels).</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97803079624922013-12-03T00:30:00-05:00Correspondences by Bernice Eisensteinwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307962515"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307962515" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307962515">Correspondences</a> A poem and portraits<br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=20512">Anne Michaels</a><br> <b>Illustrated by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=68685">Bernice Eisenstein</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 128 pages | Knopf | Poetry - Canadian; Poetry - Women Authors; Art - Subjects & Themes - Portraits | <b>$17.99</b> | 978-0-307-96251-5 (0-307-96251-2)<p><b>A rare and beautifully produced "accordion" book by renowned novelist and poet Anne Michaels and acclaimed artist and writer Bernice Eisenstein that will cause a stir for both its form and its content.</b><br><br>Anne Michaels's resonant book-length poem--which unfolds on one side of the pages of this accordion book--ranges from the universal to the intimate, as she writes of historical figures for whom language was the closest thing to salvation; on the other side, we have Bernice Eisenstein's luminous portraits of and quotes from such twentieth-century writers and thinkers as Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs, W. G. Sebald, Anna Akhmatova, Primo Levi, and Albert Einstein. The poetry and portraits join together in a dialogue that can be read in any direction and any order, in a format that perfectly reflects the thematic interconnectedness of this collaboration: "an alphabet of spirits and spirit; an elegy of remembrance" (Eisenstein); "just as a conversation becomes the third side of the page . . . the moment one life becomes another" (Michaels).</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97803079625152013-12-03T00:30:00-05:00The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head by William Maughanwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434731"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780770434731" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434731">The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head</a> <br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=45877">William Maughan</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 160 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure; Art - Drawing | <b>$14.99</b> | 978-0-7704-3473-1 (0-7704-3473-8)<p>In this innovative guide, master art instructor William Maughan demonstrates how to create a realistic human likeness by using the classic and highly accurate modeling technique of chiaroscuro (Italian for &#8220;light and dark&#8221;) developed by Leonardo da Vinci during the High Renaissance.<br><br>Maughan first introduces readers to the basics of this centuries-old technique, showing how to analyze form, light, and shadow; use dark pencil, white pencil, and toned paper to create a full range of values; use the elements of design to enhance a likeness; and capture a sitter&#8217;s gestures and proportions. He then demonstrates, step by step, how to draw each facial feature, develop visual awareness, and render the head in color with soft pastels.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97807704347312013-08-14T00:30:00-05:00Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy by Christopher Hartwww.randomhouse.com<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434700"><img align="right" src="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780770434700" border="1"/></a><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770434700">Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy</a> <br/><b>Written by</b> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=74446">Christopher Hart</a></h3><b>eBook</b>, 144 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Subjects & Themes - Human Figure; Art - Drawing; Art - Techniques | <b>$14.99</b> | 978-0-7704-3470-0 (0-7704-3470-3)<p>From head to toe, the human form, in all its complexities, is visually simplified to such a degree in this remarkable workbook that even complete beginners will soon be able to draw accurate, well-proportioned faces and figures every time they try. <br><br>Avoiding complex charts of muscles and bones that are more helpful to doctors than to artists, this book&#8217;s refreshing approach teaches anatomy from a cartoonist/illustrator&#8217;s point of view. For example, there are many large and small muscles in the neck, all rendered in great detail in most anatomy books, but here, master teacher Christopher Hart shows only the four that are visible and need to be drawn. His clear instruction helps readers to visualize and portray shifting body weight in a pose without the need of a model, and instead of showing a mass of facial muscles and bones, he translates them into the simple planes an artist needs to draw a range of expressive faces.</p><br clear="all">http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=97807704347002013-08-07T00:30:00-05:00